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[OneGTR]

male
5,8"
230Lbs
age 38

my goal is to lose 30 lbs.

past few months:
my lunch was a tacobell meal, dinner was doublecheese burger about 2000cal total but alot of fat.

on the weekends, i made 2 sandwiches, glass of coke and open the chips then i still feel hungry and make 2 more sandwiches. later i notice i just ate half the loaf of bread, 2 liter and chips in less than 30 min before lunch.

i need to buy cans so i can limit myself to 1 or 2 cans a day.
if i try to cook, i will have alot of leftovers and end up eating that too .

after reading up about calories thanks to other readers comments.
i found a few calculators that say at 230lb my body will burn 2846cal a day. last week i was eating about 450cal a day, so i have up it to 1200cal a day and bought a 25lb dumbell.

gonna leave some room for error becuse i still get middle of the night cheeseburger cravings once or twice a week, no coke or fries
of course and hide the bag from the gf .

walking every day.

3/8/12 - 3/14/12 2.8 miles 211cal. 1 hour

3/15/12 - 3/16/12 3.2 miles 256 cal. 1 hour

3/18/12 6.4 miles 512 cal. 2 hours

[OneGTR]

3/19/12 3.2 miles 256 cal. 1 hour

doing some dumbell stuff tonight, gotta check utube for some
pointers.

mabee i should wait an hour before i hit the gym from now on,
my feet were killing me standing up at work all day.



down to 224.6 but planning to eat a double tonight .

the angels on my shoulder muahaha do it!! // nonono!!

[LarssonCrew]

I think that, honestly, you need to figure something out.

Just 'doing some dumb bell stuff' doesn't sound very......effective.

At the starting stage I believe that you should at least have an idea of what you will do in the gym.

Sure people like mastover and John Stone can go in and do what they want, but even I, who's followed plans for 3 months, still do it because if I don't have a plan I end up just whimping out and looking confused and don't know what's going on!

[OneGTR]

3/20/12 3.0 miles 225 cal. 1 hour

gained 1lb off that burger lass night, but man it was worth it.
sooo juicy

yea larson your right.
the personal fitness trainer we got when i started was sick that first day and he over booked to 8 people so he just wrote stuff down on paper cardio this and core that. but he never showed us how to use the machines.

got a buddy at work that goes to the same gym.
he is gonna come to the one i go to next week and show me some stuff.



i think when your fat you have a diffrent mindset. all you care about is losing the weight, becuse for the past 10-15 years you been a fat tub of lard.

[paulo_drummer]

First of all, welcome aboard and congratulations on your decision to lose weight.

In my opinion, when it comes to lose weight education is the key. You will find tons of valuable info in this site, but you’ll need to do your homework and dig through the knowledge available.

Prior to know how to train properly you'll need to create a solid meal plan, since dieting comes before training in losing weight. You can find good advice and solid knowledge here and after learn the basics you should come up with your meal plan and maybe post on the forum to have it refined by others members.

After you start to diet properly, then you should learn about the training, because you want to keep your muscles while you’re cutting.

Good luck on your goals and after you read those stickies feel free to ask if you have any doubts.

Gonna follow your journal!

[OneGTR]

3/21/12 3.0 miles 225 cal. 1 hour

eating: +1 glass water per meal
brkfst 1 orange, 1/2 can of spinach
break 1 egg white, 1/2 can of spinach
lunch 1 egg white, 1/2 can of mixed veg/pinto beans
3pm apple 1/2 can of mix veg/pinto beans.
6pm cup of baby carrots, 4 walnuts.
9pm 4oz yogurt, 1 pear

Pro
boiled egg white 17cal
4 walnuts 100cal
can pinto beans 90cal
1 tsp peanut butter 95cal
can tuna 100cal

Veg
can of mixed vegtibal 150cal
can of spinach 90 cal
can of green beans 60 cal

Fruit
banana 107cal
apple 95cal
orange 67cal
greek 4oz yogurt 90cal
welches grape juice 8oz 150cal


5 min after lunch i was starving again, that feeling in my tummy grew to my chest,
then by the time i got home it was in my upper arms.

i think im eating more now than i ever did, but i am still hungry.

need to rethink my food intake, mabee add some snacks between meals.

[OneGTR]

3/22/12 2.8 miles 211cal. 1 hour

6am out of eggs lol... 1 apple
9am 2 walnuts, 4oz greek yogurt
12pm 1/2 can of mixed veg/jalepeno ranch style beans
3pm 1/2 can of mixed veg/jalepeno ranch style beans
6pm gf came over, we shared a large salad, (bo luc lac)
steamed rice, diced beef, 2 vietanames eggrolls.
9pm 2 eggwhites, 1/2 can spinach, 5 baby carrots.

(1500-2000cal) total today

learned a machine at planet fitness, you sit down and push
the two handle bars out and up a little. machine was set to
50lb did 30 of those, felt really good on my upper back lower neck.

adding the beans really helped with energy today,
also going to start doing 2 egg whites from now on.

[OneGTR]

3/23/12 - 3/24/12


no workout friday-sat, helping one of my sisters move.
free buffet breakfast at the hotel .

just got home sunday afternoon, mabee ill sleep all day
and start walking again monday.

stuck with the diet 1200cal.

no energy to lift the really heavy things,
but tried to move most of the overall boxes.

down to 222.4lb

[mastover]

I'll never understand why people subject themselves to this type of extremely low calorie nonsense, while doing only cardio. Your path is a recipe for disaster. I would suggest to read up on the beginner stickie sectiion. It will point you to the right direction and help you avoid many of the pitfalls that most new people fall into. Good luck to you, sir...

[OneGTR]

Originally Posted by mastover

I'll never understand why people subject themselves to this type of extremely low calorie nonsense, while doing only cardio. Your path is a recipe for disaster. I would suggest to read up on the beginner stickie sectiion. It will point you to the right direction and help you avoid many of the pitfalls that most new people fall into. Good luck to you, sir...

i will stay on this diet untill i hit 200lb. i understand i might lose some muscle and be weak i accept this.


right now going to the gym and walking an hour is working for me and the scale is my motivation.

yes i am a noob and i did spend a few hours reading the begginers section.
it talks about alot of diffrent things you can eat and do, but does not give you a clear path.
so i took what i learned and made my own based off my needs, if i knew how to do it better i would.

weight 230lb
daily cal burned 2846cal
cal to lose one pound 3500cal
extra cal burned a day walking 200cal
eating 6x a day fruit/veg/prot, 2 diffrent per hour. 1200cal a day.

mastover i truly respect your commitment to yourself you look amazing.

if i get under 200lb i might change the way i think and
add a weight lifting plan, but right now weightloss is all i really care about.

[mastover]

Originally Posted by OneGTR

i will stay on this diet untill i hit 200lb. i understand i might lose some muscle and be weak i accept this.


right now going to the gym and walking an hour is working for me and the scale is my motivation.

yes i am a noob and i did spend a few hours reading the begginers section.
it talks about alot of diffrent things you can eat and do, but does not give you a clear path.
so i took what i learned and made my own based off my needs, if i knew how to do it better i would.

weight 230lb
daily cal burned 2846cal
cal to lose one pound 3500cal
extra cal burned a day walking 200cal
eating 6x a day fruit/veg/prot, 2 diffrent per hour. 1200cal a day.

mastover i truly respect your commitment to yourself you look amazing.

if i get under 200lb i might change the way i think and
add a weight lifting plan, but right now weightloss is all i really care about.

You are making a crucial mistake with this mind set. So you want to sacrifice muscle for fat loss.

I'll never understand this. Totally ridiculous. You want to burn muscle as a fuel source just to lose weight !?!?!? Wow, .... good luck..

[OneGTR]

3/25/12 got home from a long drive and , the rest of the day.

3/26/12 2.8 miles 211cal. 1 hour

6am 1 orange, centrum 1 a day.
9am 1/2 can of pinto beans, 1/2lb of frozen veg mix.
12pm 1/2 can of pinto beans, 1/2lb of frozen veg mix.
3pm 2 walnuts, 1 orange, yoplait light 6oz yogurt.
6pm 1/2 cup of mexican rice with 1/2 can of black beans.
9pm 1 orange, 2tsp peanut butter.


after helping my sister this weekend, she still ended up shafting my other sister out of $50.
i am done helping one side of my family, i understand if she needed it, all she needed to do was ask.


no more beans 2x in a row....

[OneGTR]

Originally Posted by mastover

I'll never understand this. Totally ridiculous. You want to burn muscle as a fuel source just to lose weight !?!?!? Wow, .... good luck..

i am lowering my calorie intake and walking everyday to lose weight, not to gain muscle. i am sorry you cant understand this.

i dont even think you can, unless you have been fat as long as most of us here have.

and you dont need to reply, becuse i dont really care what you think anymore.


3/22/12 2.8 miles 211cal. 1 hour

6am 1 orange, 1 centrum
9am 1/2lb mix veg, 1/4lb chopped steak
12pm 1/2lb mix veg, 1/4lb chopped steak
3pm 1 orange, 1 tsp peanut butter
6pm 1/2lb mix veg, 1/2 can pinto beans
9pm 6oz yogurt, 1 orange, 2 walnuts.

gf mom gets out of the hospital mabee tonight or tommorow,
i might end up sleeping in the waiting room until 4am, then drive her home for work.
gonna be a long night, mabee ill score some hospital applesauce

[user786]

Originally Posted by OneGTR

3/22/12 2.8 miles 211cal. 1 hour

How you working out your calories burned ? it seems rather low . generally should be around 100 cals for a mile .

[OneGTR]

Originally Posted by user786

How you working out your calories burned ? it seems rather low . generally should be around 100 cals for a mile .

211cal burned from the treadmill reading, i set the speed to 2.8 miles an hour.





feel pretty low tonight, i want to give up.

[OneGTR]

3/28/12 2.8 miles 211cal. 1 hour


6am 1 orange, centrum
9am 1/2lb veg, 1 orange
12pm 6" footlong subway club 2x meat meal.
3pm 1 orange
6pm 1/2lb mix veg, 1/2 can jalepeno beans.
9pm 4 walnuts, 1 6oz yogurt.

[jmike]

grats on getting started

some light weight lifting would definitely speed up your metabolism

muscle burns more calories than fat. the calories burned by muscles repairing themselves is more than an hour of good cardio.

i know watching the numbers drop on a scale is motivating and rewarding, but tightening the belt a notch or 2 feels awesome.

I can help you out with a plan if you like.

[OneGTR]

Originally Posted by jmike

grats on getting started

some light weight lifting would definitely speed up your metabolism

muscle burns more calories than fat. the calories burned by muscles repairing themselves is more than an hour of good cardio.

i know watching the numbers drop on a scale is motivating and rewarding, but tightening the belt a notch or 2 feels awesome.

I can help you out with a plan if you like.

thats cool, im thinking about fridays as my learn new equipment day at the gym.

3/29/12 alot of and no walking

6am 1 orange, centrum
9am 1/2 lb mix veg
12pm footlong pepperoni meatball sub, 1/2 bag of doritos
3pm asleep
6pm asleep
11pm doublemeat with cheese whaturburger.

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3/30/12 3/26/12 2.8 miles 211cal. 1 hour

did the chest press machine tonight 50lb x 50
and a pull down bar thing 55lb x 50 (new machine for me)

i like the chest press thing,
becuse it makes my upper back not hurt for a few days.

6am 1 orange, centrum
9am 1 bacon egg and cheese bagle
12pm footlong pepperoni meatball sub only.
3pm 1/2 can of beans, 1/2 can of veg.
6pm going with gf to hospital, so mabee drivethru tonight.


getting lazy and i need to hit the store for more healthy food.
im starting to get off my diet lol badboy!

[jmike]

Originally Posted by OneGTR

did the chest press machine tonight 50lb x 50
and a pull down bar thing 55lb x 50 (new machine for me)

grats

you are hitting 2 out of the big 3 (biggest 3 muscle groups are chest, back, and legs) and you are hitting them with compound movements (movements that engage auxillary muscles such as triceps and biceps)

the more muscle that gets engaged, the more energy (which equates to calories) will get burned

the more calories that get burned, the more fat will get dropped.

hi-5 dude

[OneGTR]

last night i got up to use the restroom and when i came back and layed
on my belly my right arm was by the pillow and under my arm felt like someone hit it with a sledgehammer.

i got on my back but the damage was done, it hurt pretty bad then
when i got up in the morning other arm was hurting the same.

note to self...no more 50 of anything for new machines lol

gonna move very slow for the rest of the day.

also whats a good pain medicine for us old folk?